London, Nov 9 (ANI): A surprise search of a jail in the Mexican resort city of Acapulco revealed two peacocks, 100 fighting cocks, 19 prostitutes, 100 plasma TVs and two sacks filled with marijuana, authorities said Tuesday.
According to Arturo Martinez, spokesman for federal anti-drug operations in the western state of Guerrero, the revelation came when 500 federal officers prepared to transfer some 60 inmates to maximum-security prisons overnight from the cell in the Mexican resort city of Acapulco.
Police also found six female prisoners in the men's section of the jail, as well as sharp weapons, two peacocks, and luxury items such as plasma TVs.
"We're investigating the probable culprits," the Telegraph quoted Martinez as saying.
Guerrero state, where Acapulco is located, is said to have the third highest rate of murders in Mexico after the northern border states of Chihuahua and Nuevo Leon.
Mexican newspaper Reforma tallied 1,348 murders till Sept 2011 in Guerrero. (ANI)
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